diving

Other forms of diving

plural

divings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diving

What does diving mean?

diving means "an athletic competition that involves diving into water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diving?

diving has 2 syllables: di-ving. The stress falls on "di". In IPA it is /ˈdaɪvɪŋ/.

What is another word for diving?

Close synonyms include diving event, dive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diving a common word?

diving is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.